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| Fran |
Date: Friday, 22-Nov-13, 12:15 PM | Message # 466 |
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Nice little Bruno interview in the Orlando Sentinel, thanks Ivana.
I agree with Bruno -
Quote Frankly, I think the great asset and value of the show is in Baker's head and what he does." And Heller added: "The moment-to-moment pleasures of the show are delivered by Simon Baker and his people, not by Red John. ... I think it's going to be a great show after Red John."
I just hope there are enough other people who feel the same way.
Thanks also for the today.com link, interesting that Bruno has now confirmed that Simon has been doing RJ's voice, I've seen a lot of speculation about that, although I think some people mistakenly thought it was a clue to Jane being RJ, which he clearly isnt!
Screenshots of the interesting comments from today.com, so we don't lose them:
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Friday, 22-Nov-13, 1:24 PM | Message # 467 |
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WHAT??? Simon made RJ voice? The little bast… liar, he's said it wasn't him!! 
Nice comments from Baker about Robin. Those two will really miss each other when the show is over. |
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| Mossibecca |
Date: Friday, 22-Nov-13, 5:20 PM | Message # 468 |
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Quote DS_Pallas (  ) WHAT??? Simon made RJ voice? The little bast… liar, he's said it wasn't him!! dry
This made me laugh out loud so much.....i had exactly the same reaction. |
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| Hayseed |
Date: Friday, 22-Nov-13, 5:54 PM | Message # 469 |
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That "Z" in Teresa was a give away. |
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| AgentM |
Date: Saturday, 23-Nov-13, 0:33 AM | Message # 470 |
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Quote Fran ( ) Bruno has now confirmed that Simon has been doing RJ's voice
*jumps up with fist in the air* Ahem...I do believe I was the one who started the speculation...so much so that it prompted someone who saw Simon in London to ask him....I know he said it wasn't him...but I also knew he was lying.
Not a very modest post, but only because I am actually so proud of my little self! 
In his voice there is a kind of stuffy nasal quality about some words....I noticed it again in a S6 ep when he phoned one of the suspects.
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Saturday, 23-Nov-13, 0:49 AM | Message # 471 |
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Quote AgentM ( ) Not a very modest post, but only because I am actually so proud of my little self!
Well you can! |
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| Wand6122360 |
Date: Saturday, 23-Nov-13, 1:25 AM | Message # 472 |
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Congratulations, AgentM. I didn't notice that Red John was Simon's voice, but I must admit I have always been fascinated by Simon's voice. It has a gentle quality about it, which I like, and on top of that, his words sometimes, but regularly, catch in his throat. I guess that's the nasal quality you're referring to? I've always wondered what causes that. I don't know anyone else with a tick like that. |
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| Wand6122360 |
Date: Saturday, 23-Nov-13, 1:26 AM | Message # 473 |
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Congratulations, AgentM. I didn't notice that Red John was Simon's voice, but I must admit I have always been fascinated by Simon's voice. It has a gentle quality about it, which I like, and on top of that, his words sometimes, but regularly, catch in his throat. I guess that's the nasal quality you're referring to? I've always wondered what causes that. I don't know anyone else with a tick like that. |
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| AgentM |
Date: Saturday, 23-Nov-13, 1:45 AM | Message # 474 |
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Quote Wand6122360 ( ) I guess that's the nasal quality you're referring to?
Yeah, that's what I mean...it was really clear in The Crimson Hat when RJ said '...the life we could lead...'
Whoooo! Thanks guys. I have been blessed with a good ear...it's what helps me to pick up accents too!  |
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| bee |
Date: Saturday, 23-Nov-13, 10:26 AM | Message # 475 |
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Congratulations AgentM...perhaps that's why some people thought that RJ was really Patrick Jane! |
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| Tassie |
Date: Saturday, 23-Nov-13, 6:40 PM | Message # 476 |
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AgentM-did you pick that name on purpose, and are you perhaps working for some government intelligence agency and come on this site to try and uncover the darkest secrets of Simon's worldwide network of fans? In future I shall be very wary of revealing highly confidential information such as my favourite flavour of Tim Tams. Anyway well done to you for 'the voice' connection. |
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| AgentM |
Date: Saturday, 23-Nov-13, 10:15 PM | Message # 477 |
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Quote Tassie ( ) AgentM-did you pick that name on purpose, and are you perhaps working for some government intelligence agency and come on this site to try and uncover the darkest secrets of Simon's worldwide network of fans?
Well Tassie, I could answer that question but then I'd have to put you on my list of things to be dealt with!!!
My name has been with me for many many years now...that's all I can tell you. 
As for your favourite flavour of Tim Tams....I already know! lol.  |
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| Tassie |
Date: Sunday, 24-Nov-13, 6:49 PM | Message # 478 |
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Have gone into hiding.  |
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| Fran |
Date: Monday, 25-Nov-13, 1:25 PM | Message # 479 |
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From mytakeontv: http://www.mytakeontv.com/2013....ntalist
Bruno & Simon interview, minor spoilers Ep.608
Straight Talk from Bruno Heller and Simon Baker on Red John and THE MENTALIST
“Patrick Jane finally comes face-to-face with Red John, the serial killer he’s tracked since the madman murdered his wife and daughter.” So reads the episode logline for Season Six, episode eight of The Mentalist at cbs.com – and the guessing game begins.
What will happen? Who is Red John? After all, Jane has had five seasons to find him. Bruno Heller, Executive Producer, and series star Simon Baker held a telephone press conference this week to talk about the upcoming episode, where the series has been, and perhaps where it’s going.
Meeting Red John
Baker began, “You could look at any part of the series and analyze it til the cows come home, but, for me, I did feel a sense of pressure when Jane came face-to-face with Red John, because I’ve been working towards it for so many years and had pushed the character from the very beginning. I thought, ‘it’s got to live up to that in that one moment, and it’s also the one moment in the life of the character where he’s stepping out into the unknown. He’s been talking about it for so long.’”
Heller added, “How that scene went at that meeting was very much directed by Simon and the emotion of his character.”
A Personal Touch
Baker continued, “There’s very important elements to the character that you make a connection with immediately, so it felt incredibly personal to me. I’ve always been very vested in what my character does and how he reacts to his personal story, which is the Red John story – not as much what’s thrown at him, but his response to it and how he reacts, how he feels with it and what can best serve the story in a real way, as opposed to the character behaving a certain way because it drives the plot forward in a way we want to go.
“The challenge and the most difficult part of working on this show all along was playing this sort of tragic character that has a very rural, unprotected emotional side to him. He has this sort of whimsical, tap-dancing kind of thing going on with him, with a kind of sense of humor and bravado. To dance between the two terms of the show has always been very challenging to me, and I get very, very protective of the personal stuff with that character.”
Bruno added, “The great asset value of the show is in Baker’s head and in what he does. What I call treasures of the show are delivered by Jane and his people, not by Red John.”
The Right Time
When asked if he’d had any prior thoughts on when Jane might finally come face-to-face with Red John, Bruno said, “Early on, there were people in the first season saying, ‘Are you going to find Red John at the end of the first year or the second year?’ It’s a question that people have been asking, and we’ve been asking ourselves in the writers’ room from very early on. So, there’s no kind of functional, formal moment where we said, ‘When this happens, we will set about revealing Red John. It just seemed like from a storytelling point of view, and from the audience’s point of view, it was time to reveal him. The natural thing to do would be to work toward the end of the season, but then all those plot points become much more predictable and pro forma.”
A Balancing Act
Baker added, “There’s a lot of different ways that it could have gone from the very beginning with Red John. As a show that wasn’t procedural, I think you could have milked that Red John thing out, but we’re on CBS, and they love a procedural show, and they know how to market those. So, we did a whole dance of like crimes-of-the-week and then went back to the Red John story, and it’s always a difficult dance to balance those two things. We really love the Red John episodes, and we really love the stand-alone episodes as well that don’t pertain to Red John at all.
“I’ve made it a point not to read too far ahead on the episodes. I didn’t want to get ahead of myself at all. And, these last few months have been really exciting for me. I’ve had the sort of enthusiasm I had in the first season, because it’s new and fresh to me from week to week. Sometimes the frustration for me as an actor is that we’re not going anywhere, not moving forward. And this is definitely going somewhere, and the stakes are high, and it gives me something to do that I can really get my teeth into.”
For those fans of the series who think Jane is psychic, Baker had this to say, “I think there’s a thin line between what people think of as psychic and someone with insight & empathy, willing to look at people in terms of their personality. I would say to those people that psychics don’t exist, but a human capacity for understanding and a perception for empathizing and sympathizing with other people is not supernatural. It’s natural, and It’s an amazing power.”
Surprising Journey
Bruno added that, “The most surprising part of the journey on The Mentalist so far in this business is that we’re still on the air, and people still like the show. And the relationships and reality of the show become semi-real, even to us, with a semblance of real life.” |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Monday, 25-Nov-13, 3:27 PM | Message # 480 |
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Quote Fran ( ) “The most surprising part of the journey on The Mentalist so far in this business is that we’re still on the air, and people still like the show. And the relationships and reality of the show become semi-real, even to us, with a semblance of real life.”
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